Kidding
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Kidding is a dark comedy-drama television series starring Jim Carrey as a beloved children's TV host whose personal life unravels, blending surreal humor with emotional depth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kidding canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6444119 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kidding Context triple: [Grant Heslov, notableWork, Kidding]
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A.
The Joke
The Joke is a novel by Milan Kundera that blends dark humor and political critique to explore the personal and ideological consequences of life under a repressive communist regime.
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B.
The Joke
"The Joke" is a critically acclaimed, anthemic ballad by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile that champions marginalized and misunderstood people.
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C.
Shenanigans
Shenanigans is a 2002 compilation album by American punk rock band Green Day, featuring B-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased tracks.
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D.
Knock Knock
"Knock Knock" is a prominent work by the artist Smog, known for its introspective, lo-fi indie sound and emotionally resonant songwriting.
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E.
Knock Knock
"Knock Knock" is a song that appears as the B-side to Monica's single "So Gone."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kidding Target entity description: Kidding is a dark comedy-drama television series starring Jim Carrey as a beloved children's TV host whose personal life unravels, blending surreal humor with emotional depth.
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A.
The Joke
The Joke is a novel by Milan Kundera that blends dark humor and political critique to explore the personal and ideological consequences of life under a repressive communist regime.
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B.
The Joke
"The Joke" is a critically acclaimed, anthemic ballad by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile that champions marginalized and misunderstood people.
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C.
Shenanigans
Shenanigans is a 2002 compilation album by American punk rock band Green Day, featuring B-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased tracks.
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D.
Knock Knock
Knock Knock is a 2015 psychological thriller film directed by Eli Roth, in which Keanu Reeves plays a married man whose life unravels after he lets two mysterious young women into his home.
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E.
Knock Knock
"Knock Knock" is a popular early-career hip-hop track by Mac Miller known for its upbeat, playful vibe and catchy, sample-driven production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mr. Pickles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Dolby Digital ⓘ |
| composer | David Wingo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Dave Holstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Michel Gondry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Showtime Networks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Dave Holstein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason Bateman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Carrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Garavente NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Aguilar NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Gondry NERFINISHED ⓘ Raffi Adlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresPuppetry | true ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2018-09-09 ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama television series
ⓘ
dark comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
dramedy
ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Jeff Piccirillo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coping with loss
ⓘ
fame and public image ⓘ family relationships ⓘ grief ⓘ mental health ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2020-03-08 ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Jim Carrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metafictionalElement | children's TV show within the show ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | personal life of a children's TV host unraveling ⓘ |
| network | Showtime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | blend of surreal humor and emotional depth ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 20 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | children's television host ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Showtime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Aggregate Films
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Showtime Networks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Columbus, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring | Jim Carrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kidding Description of subject: Kidding is a dark comedy-drama television series starring Jim Carrey as a beloved children's TV host whose personal life unravels, blending surreal humor with emotional depth.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.